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Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

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  • T - Teen
  • Genre Strategy
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The Queen of Blades is gone. On the hellish planet Char, Jim Raynor harnessed the power of an ancient Xel’Naga artifact in a desperate bid to stop the zerg Swarm from overrunning the Koprulu sector, and the artifact restored Sarah Kerrigan to her human form. Without their queen to guide and unify them, the Swarm has fractured into several broods scattered throughout the Koprulu sector. One of the greatest threats to the galaxy has been neutralized... or so it seems.        

Sarah Kerrigan is on the loose. Even without the terrible powers of the Queen of Blades or the might of the Swarm at her command, the former Ghost remains a foe not to be taken lightly. But if the artifact really did set her free, then why is Kerrigan seeking out zerg broods scattered throughout the Koprulu sector? What happened to Jim Raynor? Is she still pursuing her quest for vengeance, or has her transformation given Kerrigan a new purpose?

Who is Sarah Kerrigan?

  • newegg Welcome to The Hive Mind You are Sarah Kerrigan, former Queen of Blades. Once the most feared entity in the galaxy, you now wait in a cell in the depths of a high-security research laboratory. Before the murderous forces of the Terran Dominion close in, you must plot your escape to the dark reaches of space… and reclaim your living empire at the Heart of the Swarm.
  • newegg Command New Weapons of War Deploy devastating new units across an ever-shifting battlefield. Incinerate advancing foes with the Hellbat, seize air superiority with the Tempest, engulf entrenched enemies with the Swarm Host, and much more.
  • newegg Unleash Hell Lead Sarah Kerrigan as she embarks on a path of furious vengeance. Evolve your brood for maximum devastation, unlock latent psionic powers, and swarm from planet to planet aboard your moon-sized zerg Leviathan.
  • newegg Join The Global Battle Experience the next evolution of StarCraft II’s global community on Battle.net. Join co-op games with friends, player near-limitless mods in the Arcade, and marshal your forces across ranked and unranked brackets for every level of play..

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Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

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Name
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm
ESRB Rating
T - Teen
Genre
Strategy
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements:

Operating System: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 (Updated with the latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c
Processor: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT or ATI Radeon X800 XT or better
Memory: 1.5 GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available HD space
Internet: Broadband Internet connection
Media: DVD-ROM drive
Resolution: 1024X768 minimum display resolution

Recommended Specifications:

Operating System: /Windows 7/Windows 8 (latest service pack)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ or better
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) or ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM

Note: Due to potential programming changes, the System Requirements for this game may change over time.
Note: FileVault and FileVault 2 are not supported for installation at this time.

Features

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WELCOME TO THE HIVE MIND
You are Sarah Kerrigan, former Queen of Blades. Once the most feared entity in the galaxy, you now wait in a cell in the depths of a high-security research laboratory. Before the murderous forces of the Terran Dominion close in, you must plot your escape to the dark reaches of space... and reclaim your living empire at the Heart of the Swarm.

COMMAND NEW WEAPONS OF WAR
Deploy devastating new units across an ever-shifting battlefield. Incinerate advancing foes with the Battle Hellion, seize air superiority with the Tempest, engulf entrenched enemies with the Swarm Host, and much more.

UNLEASH HELL
Lead Sarah Kerrigan as she embarks on a path of furious vengeance. Evolve your brood for maximum devastation, unlock latent psionic powers, and swarm from planet to planet aboard your moon-sized Zerg Leviathan.

JOIN THE GLOBAL BATTLE
Experience the next evolution of StarCraft II's global community on Battle.net. Join co-op games with friends, play near-limitless custom mods in the StarCraft II Arcade, and marshal your forces across ranked and unranked brackets for every level of play.

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  • 00
  • 6/16/2013 7:30:21 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsFast and concise

Pros: Fast delivery as expected. newegg is amazing.

Cons: box is a little smashed but the disc is fine.

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  • A
  • 5/20/2013 1:54:04 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGreat Game

Pros: Fun, Strategy

Cons: None

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  • John334
  • 5/18/2013 10:35:54 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsBetter

Pros: compared to the wings of liberty, the heart of the swarm campaign is far better. this expansion replaces the things that i disliked the most about wings of liberty.. and that would be the audio, one thing i loved about sc1, was the soundtrack, also character voices where very good in sc1.. however wings of liberty terran music was very hick. toss and zerg music was more like ambient yoga background noise.. heart of the swarm fixes all that. evil brutal character voices, more violence and action, and new better music +++

Cons: since when did sarah kerrigan give two farts about raynor.. i played through sc1 several times, never did they have any kind of romantic relationship with eachother, and now suddenly they are long lost lovers.
i remember jim hitting on sarah and her not caring about him. way to screw it up blizzard.....

Other Thoughts: buy it,, you know you want to,, it costs about as much as food for a single day.. you can skip a few meals right? your only going to get hungry again later.. buy this game and its yours forever..

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  • Striker444
  • 5/16/2013 7:15:32 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggs

Pros: VERY good expansion, I had a blast in single player and the additions in multiplayer have been a nice cherry on top. lBlizzard did their homework on Starcraft, wish I could say the same about Diablo 3

Cons: Updates can be a little hefty on the download side, be sure to open the game every now and then to not get too far behind.

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  • Mac
  • 5/11/2013 10:22:21 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsgreat expansion

Pros: The campaign and continuation of the story were all great. Cool new units in the single player with interesting abilities. Kerrigan abilities were also amazing. I like that ultras got buffed in mp and it doesn't require a lair for burrow research and overlord speed.

Cons: I feel like zerg in multiplayer didn't get as many interesting units as did terran. Vipers are really only good vs. colossus and maybe tanks. Swarm hosts are good but cost 200 gas per unit. I feel like zerg needed 1 more special ability like burrow charge for ultras. I was a little disappointed in hydras, I thought they'd be a little better. I don't play terran or protoss so I can't say much about them.

Other Thoughts: Overall I think it's an amazing game and would recommend it to any gamer!

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  • N/A
  • 5/9/2013 7:51:25 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsExcellent

Pros: I love having the box art along with the game.

Cons: None

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  • SC player
  • 5/9/2013 4:21:17 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: less than 1 day
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsDisapointed

Pros: Shipped fast, game included

Cons: Basically, I only bought a physical copy of this because I wanted a nice box for my rather extensive collection of blizzard games. Unfortunately, the item was poorly packaged and it came with a lot of damage. I guess that's what I get for using super saver.

Other Thoughts: I've been really happy with Newegg in the past, and this is the first time they've really disappointed me

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  • Trick
  • 5/5/2013 2:50:13 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsLove it

Pros: Great game, got it in a shell shock deal for less than 30!!!!

Cons: Still had to download everything from battle.net

Other Thoughts: Glad I didnt have to pay full price for a blizzard product.

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  • babyrage2021
  • 5/1/2013 5:30:47 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsits good

Pros: it had zerglings.

Cons: needed more zerglings

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  • Jambro25
  • 4/30/2013 6:15:18 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsSome perks to it as opposed to buying a digital copy

Pros: Complimentary heart of the swarm note pad and it was about 10 bucks cheaper because of a discount code I had and came the day of release date. It was actually nice to buy the box for a game again. I had the pleasure of looking through it and reading the booklet and such. The disc is useless though. Just needed the CD key. The game is also amazing!! A big step up from Wings of Liberty! This game is ridiculously fun. The campaign is leaps and bounds beyond better than the Wings of Liberty campaign that was slow and boring. I really could not believe it was starcraft that I was playing.

Cons: Only con I can think of is if I lost the box I would lose my CD key, but that's not much of a con. You may become addicted to this game ;)

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HotS is an excellent expansion pack

5 out of 5 eggs
Campaign is engrossing, definitely an improvement of WoL. New units are fun and the battle.net rehaul is excellent. Still ...
— AdmiralSC 3/13/2013

an overall improvement

4 out of 5 eggs
nearly every aspect of starcraft 2 has been improved upon with this expansion.

-better graphics
-good story
-smoother ...
— 4/2/2013


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